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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTEMAS-WILHELM, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,608, dated June 3,1884. Application filed March 29, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTEMAS WILHELM, a citizen of the United States,residing at yWil` mington, in thecounty of New Castle and State ofDelaware, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Ioys; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which itappertains mensions throughout their length. The holes may be bored insuch a manner as to give an ornamental appearance to the toy. Into eachof these holes is tted a pin, B, which is of a length exceeding thethickness of the board. These pins it tightly in their respective holes,but not so tightly but what they can be driven through the holes withoutmuch difficulty.

The manner of using the toy is for a child to hold the toy in his lapand with a small wooden mallet to drive the pins in flush with the topside of theboard, then to turn the board over and drive them back again,and so on. This will afford endless amusement to the child, and 3 5 atthe same time teach it to use its mind and hands correctly in strikingthe pins. In addition, the letters of the alphabet may be printed on oneend of the pins, or on the board near the holes, and the numbers may beprinted 4o on the opposite ends, or on the other side of the board; andby instructing the child to strike the pins in regular order, it willthus learn the correct order of the letters and numbers.

I claim as my invention- A toy composed of a board provided with anumber vof holes extending entirely through the board, and of uniformsize throughout their length, in combination with pins of a length 5oexceeding the thickness of the board, and adapted to nt tightly in saidholes, substantially as and for the purpose herein specied.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTEMAS WILHELM.

Vitnesses:

HENRY O. CONRAD, JOSEPH W. VANDEGRIET.

